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  1. Master Dex
    I thought the YF-21 was Sturmvogel actually but I am fully willing to be wrong.
  2. Master Dex
    Considering how it works, I think it is possible in atmosphere, but being closer to the gravity well is more of a problem than the atmosphere. After all... the third* fold shown in SDF:Macross was the Macross itself folding from within Earth's atmosphere just above Macross City and ending up around Pluto... with half the island now in space. It is unclear if their proximity to Earth had something to do with the fold screw up or if it was just their inexperience using the system (that was definitely a large part of it) but likely they decided from then on to play it safer. *The first was the ASS-1 defolding and crashing to Earth in 1999, the second was Britai's fleet defolding to find Earth and the Macross. Humanity say a prior fold event with the Bird Human, but I'm not counting that cause we didn't see it on screen until 2002. Though point of interest, the Bird Human also folding within atmosphere just fine (though it is Protoculture tech, so it can do whatever it wants, same for the Vajra Queen that... might have been in atmosphere, hard to tell.
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    Can't be sure of the specific Japanese, but to my rememberance MDE means mini-dimension eater (as opposed to the full scale dimension eater bomb first deployed on Gallia 4 that ate up about a quarter of the planet). It stands to reason even missile based warheads like what was dropped on Carlyse are considered mini cause they only destroy an entire city instead of part of the planet, heh. It's clear to me how these work in warheads and even in bullets (the effect dissipates faster per smaller amount of fold quartz I'd guess) but the beam version that shoots a line of micro super dimension black holes just sounds a bit... silly to me.. it's the only MDE weapon I don't quite get, heh.
  4. Master Dex
    Though she flew a pink VF-19 though. I suspect she wouldn't even be in the movie anyway.
  5. Master Dex
    Pity there is no info, I kinda like it. Still it is rare to see almost anything in this franchise not be meticulously covered by some source lol. We may be getting spoiled heh.
  6. Master Dex
    I have a good question, and I even checked M3 first just to be sure, but I don't think anyone has ever covered anything on this craft in my attached images. It appears in the 5th episode of Frontier at the end as a ship that has barely escaped the Macross Galaxy fleet after the Vajra attack it. It appears to be acting as a messenger since the fold faults were disrupting communication between the fleets. It doesn't look like a variable fighter, and it clearly has a canopy that sizes the craft to a one or two person vehicle, and it has no folding ability of its own since a fold booster can be seen attached to it. So anyone know anything?
  7. Master Dex
    Pretty accurate, that is the best way to watch it, and how I did it. Some shows don't fit the Netflix era style of binge watching. I remember the first time I tried watching 7 I got to episode 5 and just gave up because nothing drew me in. Second attempt I did about 1 or 2 episodes a day, often in free moments outside of work and I was able to get through the repetition just as Seto says. It really does take until 10 or so episodes in to start enjoying bits of it, and halfway in they start actually moving the plot along for once. When said and done I can say I really do like it, but yeah that doesn't change that it is hard to watch, lol. I've even done a full series rewatch when I was deployed to the Middle East last year (I didn't have that much off time obviously so 1 or 2 episodes a day was pretty easy to keep to). Keep at it, because unlike Delta, 7 has some actual worth in it's story.
  8. Master Dex
    Such laziness. Sad part is people will still buy it even if they have the VF-19 Advance.
  9. Master Dex
    It's not impossible.. and since Bandai is now expanding their product line to include an M+ era YF-19 figure (hopefully not just a retool of the VF-19 Advance since there are differences) and a larger VF-1J figure (purportedly 1/48 scale like the old Yamato figures, but actual scale is not yet confirmed), there is now precedent for them to make a VF-22 since it does cameo in Delta, or even just to make an M+ YF-21 since they are already doing a YF-19. However that is just speculative thinking.
  10. Master Dex
    Inflatable? That aside... I think the VF-25 was stated that it could use the super parts in atmosphere... though this was never shown and the show goes out of its way to show them not doing this multiple times. It could be it is just a case of overkill and unnecessary maybe. Aerodynamics matters but the power available to these planes is ridiculous so they can manage. Can't say for the VF-31, it's super parts aren't as streamlined as the 25, specifically the wing boosters.
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    The real sad thing about that is.. they could have fit it in... the back half of the show had 2 or 3 pointless exposition episodes, one of which was basically a history of Macross and why music was powerful discussion by a side character who barely was relevant to the plot. If they had instead decided to toss in a Windermere history episode.. it could have forgiven a lot.
  12. Master Dex
    Or we take a page from the Physica and spend an entire episode developing him and his desire to get back to his wife and kid so he can then be tragically killed off before revealing his wife moved on already anyway and his kid likely will not remember him. Macross 7 could be harsh at times lol.
  13. Master Dex
    So far as it can be seen, the VF-31 did not have the Fold Dimensional Resonance system that was the entire point of the YF-30, so potentially no it cannot do the same thing. The VF-31 Siegfrieds do have Fold Wave systems, the slightly less advanced but still notably powerful system that the YF-29 introduced, but that is more designed to boost the mechs performance via fold energy generated with.. music and magic and stuff (Seto will explain it properly, lol). So far I don't think the tech from the YF-30 has gone on to any other VF. Also the VF-31A/B Kairos does not have the Fold Wave system either as that's the mass production model and that crap's expensive (requires chunks of fold quartz).
  14. Master Dex
    Yeah I said as much, I know the Protoculture revered the Vajra to an almost unhealthy level, heh. I meant other threats or maybe even run ins after the Protodeviln invasion. All speculation in any case so it matters little. Well yeah... developing that level of tech on their own would just take a much much longer time. Less useful for storytelling. Also conflict drives innovation more often than not. As for it being cheating... well it is not like advancement and progress has a scoreboard in reality. If you have the means to learn and grow knowledge and there is reason enough to do it without violating some moral or ethical line (if society has a thing about that at the time) then it's fair game.
  15. Master Dex
    If I could manipulate gravity and create spatial warping with it... I could get over my space drive being located in my rear I think.
  16. Master Dex
    I'd guess they could have done it faster than any other species considering their evolutionary capabilities... but they probably took their time if they weren't in any danger. I suspect once they evolved into a form similar to what we know and they could utilize fold travel it happened rather quickly in comparison to how we do things. Using biological fold waves they might even be able to sense where other star systems are and send scouts which immediately update everyone in real time. They can do this to multiple stars simultaneously with one scout at each. Except for raw material consumption they tend to be rather non-invasive by the looks and it is not like they need to set up outposts (not including when hives take root in asteroids/ship hulls/planets/etc) or are really doing classical science like we do. One hive figures something out in their travels, communicates to the rest, then everyone starts doing something new. The ships likely were an evolutionary upgrade to make bulk travel easier and once they realized there is danger in the galaxy (from whatever source that might be... the Protoculture seemed to revere them but for all we know the Vajra tactical power could have come about after a hive crossed paths with a Protodeviln or Supervision Army fleet). My point is they all learn everything all at once so they pick up on things fast. Humanity moves at a plodding pace by comparison and the fact we had Zentradi help is the only reason they have done so well in Macross' timeline. That being said, the Vajra have been around for millions of years and are in no hurry to do anything fast unless they needed to in order to survive.
  17. Master Dex
    Aside from all the other answers now which are basically the same thing that I said in more detail, you cleverly cropped out the rest of what I said where I continue to actually answer the question. Helps to read all of the post. Oh well, everyone else seemed to come to the same conclusion anyway.
  18. Master Dex
    They share information instantaneously through fold space communications. All Vajra are like synapses of a large brain with the queens as local control nodes. As for their 'resources' they literally grow their armor. They are basically doing evolutionary adaptation of a super fast scale thanks to fold hive communication. If you mean where does the mass the Vajra grow come from? Well presumably they have to consume raw materials.. but it isn't like those are hard to find since they can zero-time-lag fold almost anywhere they want thanks to growing fold quartz in their bodies. They can use fallen enemy materials, raw materials from planets, asteroids, etc.
  19. Master Dex
    Well, the latest tech is zero lag folding via fold quartz fitted systems which give incredibly fast travel times quoted to make the galaxy effectively a tenth of its normal size. Normally a Earth to Ragna flight might be years, with super fold system... Maybe months?
  20. Master Dex
    Might be better for the newbie question thread then...
  21. Master Dex
    May be asking the wrong question there. More like why did the YF-29 require 4 engines and a huge chunk of fold quartz, the fold wave system, and a ton of MDE based weaponry before it could compare to a Federal spec fighter based on the parent design of all 5th gen fighters? Clearly Federal NUNS has access to reactor and engine tech WAY ahead of the stuff they allow the "colonials" to use.
  22. Master Dex
    It is from one of the movies I think, where we saw more of them. Possibly from the SMS reinforcements near the end of Wings of Goodbye. Though to be honest I am pretty sure that shot is just a reskinned shot of Alto's VF-25 from early in the show spinning around and firing it's gunpod.
  23. Master Dex
    It's more like they are using a fighter more suited to the job. It's pretty clear they don't need VF-24s there, and no one could have predicted an SMS ace in a tech demo plane would show up and thwart their evil plan with the aid of ALL the singers since Space War 1 to help, lol.
  24. Master Dex
    The VF-24 wouldn't be a special forces unit, it is the main Federal forces unit (presumably). Besides, the YF-29B is about on the same level at the speculated specs of the would-be VF-24 anyway, heh. VF-24s in Federal NUNS forces would be involved mostly in tackling bigger picture problems than issues on specific planets... such as going to that giant rogue Zentradi fleet over there and.. making it go away.
  25. Master Dex
    I agree... though I wouldn't call it factory.. it couldn't transform worth a damn since Berger removed the legs for 'storage' and I got the impression it was barely flight capable. Still you have a point it should have been scrap metal after the incident 7 years prior.. that it was even intact enough to become an ironic monument on Windermere is silly. I also support the idea of no more PMCs and having a Spec Ops group as a focus if we do a show with conflict again. Otherwise.. I'm game like Azrael is for Kawamori-san's original Delta plan...
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